A Guide to General Principles of Law in International Investment Arbitration

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-885707-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 880 g

Reihe: Oxford International Arbitration Series

General principles of law play an important role in investment arbitraion and can be applied by a tribunal when no treaty provision or rule of customary international law exists regarding a particular issue. They can be used in traditional means, such as the interpretation of vague treaty terms, or for wider reaching issues emerging from the international legal order.

Following a significant increase in references to the general principles of law by Investor-State tribunals questions have been raised around the meaning and function of these principles. Written by an expert in the field this book offers clear and comprehensive guidelins to better understand the nature, meaning, and function of general principles of law in the field of international investment law. Applying these principles to practice, this book assesses 17 concepts and notions in the field
of investment arbitration, providing counsel and arbitrators with clear guidance on what should, and should not, be considered a general principle of law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dumberry, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Dumberry is Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. He previously practiced international arbitration for with Lalive in Geneva and Norton Rose in Montreal, as well as with Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He continues to work as counsel and expert in arbitration cases.